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Ncell gets permission to operate 4G services
To provide hi-speed internet facilities to its customers, Ncell has received a government permit to operate 4G services…
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MNP availability confirmed by URCA
Bahamian telecoms watchdog the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has confirmed that mobile number portability (MNP) services were made available from last week…
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IFT permitted Telcel’s 2.5GHz spectrum purchase
Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has confirmed that it has authorized Telcel’s previously announced acquisition of 60MHz of 2.5GHz spectrum, from DIGICRD (formerly known as MVS Multivision)…
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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ZTE set to redeem itself in IPTV
To support its fiber to the home (FTTH) IPTV expansion plans, Netgem has inked a significant deal to supply set top middleware running on ZTE hardware to Mexican ISP TotalPlay…
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Dekkho introduces TV-like Linear Programming feature
In order to allow content creators to make customized 24-hour programming with an easy-to-use back-end system, Dekkho launched its new Linear Programming feature…
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| Global Telecom Update |
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Oracle, AT&T ink a strategic agreement
To move thousands of its large-scale internal databases to Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS), Oracle announced a strategic deal with the US multinational...
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Djibouti Telecom teams up with DE-CIX for IP peering
To improve its customer experience, Djibouti Telecom teamed up with DE-CIX to peer its IP traffic through the German internet exchange’s Marseille and Dubai locations…
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Harman, IBM Watson IoT offer voice-enabled cognitive rooms
To allow people to control in-room subsystems without having to physically perform any manual tasks, Harman and IBM Watson Internet of Things (IoT) have unveiled voice-enabled cognitive rooms…
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| Middle East |
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Ooredoo Oman upgrades self-care application
To provide customers with a seamless digital scheduling service to book appointments at any of the company’s 42 branches in the Sultanate, Ooredoo Oman has upgraded its Self-Care application…
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eSIM market projected to increase in UAE
According to an industry expert, the embedded SIM (eSIM) market is projected to increase nearly nine fold, from a relatively small base of 108.9 million shipments in 2016 to 986 million shipments in 2021…
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FASTtelco presents latest offers
To facilitate customers, Kuwait ISP FASTtelco launched a new offer giving customers a device with their postpaid high-speed internet plan, to match their needs at a competitive price…
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